Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recording!

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Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recording!

Post by stewshawvoguy » Tue May 12, 2015 8:24 pm

Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recording! :(
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Re: Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recordi

Post by kozikowski » Tue May 12, 2015 8:39 pm

Windows has tools and services designed for conferencing that can damage live recording. For example, they hate music.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... hancements

They're not the only ones, either.

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Re: Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recordi

Post by steve » Wed May 13, 2015 2:55 pm

Also, ensure that you don't have Skype running in the background as that can make changes to the recording level.
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Re: Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recordi

Post by stewshawvoguy » Thu May 14, 2015 1:50 pm

Windows 7
Audacity 2.0.5
.exe installer
Not running Skype.
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Re: Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recordi

Post by Gale Andrews » Fri May 15, 2015 8:24 pm

stewshawvoguy wrote:Recording Volume Level Creeps Up By Itself While Recording! :(
And what exactly are you recording?

Did you check the link about turning off effects and enhancements?
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... hancements


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